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'Rosie the Riveter' World War Two bomber plant needs $8 mln to live on as museum

Newswire

By Joseph Lichterman
DETROIT, July 31 (Reuters) - The factory where "Rosie the
Riveter" helped build bombers during World War Two and became a
symbol for women contributing to the war effort outside the home
has been given a two-month lease on life while a campaign tries
to raise $8 million to save it from a wrecking ball.
The Willow Run Bomber Plant campaign, founded by the
Michigan Aerospace Foundation and the Yankee Air Museum, has
until October 1 to find the ...

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